Nam June Paik
South KoreanUntitled, 1976graphite on wove paper35.7 x 42.7 cm (14 1/16 x 16 13/16 inches)The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services 2009.59.21

Nam June Paik

Untitled

Nam June Paik
South KoreanUntitled, 1976graphite on wove paper35.7 x 42.7 cm (14 1/16 x 16 13/16 inches)The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services 2009.59.21

A pivotal figure in the development of video as a form of artistic expression, Nam June Paik sought to redefine the relationship between the viewer and the television set, often incorporating multiple televisions into a piece and combining video, performance, and sculpture. In this untitled drawing from the late 1970s, Paik uses the borders of the page to mimic the sides of a television set, faintly rendering the rounded rectangular edges of a screen, and even including a crescent-shaped reflection.